If you grew up in Cyprus, there is a very good chance that Jesus of Nazareth was not just a TV series to you. It was an annual event. A sacred broadcast. A televised rite of passage. Franco Zeffirelli ...

. Billed as the "40th Anniversary Edition" (in truth, a year earlier; it premiered in March 1977), the 371-minute production is an endurance test for viewers, if nothing else. The "all-star" cast ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.